MadJik 955 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Random lines Effect Plugin What's this? This plugin is added to the menu Effects, submenu Render. You should use it to create/add lines to your images. Download the DLL Plugin Random lines.dll Here is the DLL The MadJik's All plugins package is available ! http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186 How to install Close Paint.net Classic version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects Microsoft Store version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: /My Documents/paint.net App Files/Effects/ You have to adapt for your language My Documents The User interface Quantity of lines: set the needed quantity from 1 to 1000. The number of lines could be different as sometimes the lines are overwritting themselves... Thickness of the lines (max.): set the brushwidth to use to draw the lines. In Aliased mode, if the size is 1, the line could be disrupted (Not a bug , but Microsoft line tool issue...). Thickness of the lines (min.; 0 for fixed): set this value greater than zero to have a variable thickness (between min and max slider). Zero is used for fix thickness. Color mode: choose a drawing mode between: ...Primary color: use only primary color. ...Secondary color: use only Secondary color. ...Random Primary/Secondary colors: use randomly primary or secondary color. ...Random colors: take a random value for each red/green/blue chanel. ...Random Primary color Gradient: take a random value from the Primary color family. ...Random Secondary color Gradient: take a random value from the Secondary color family. ...Random Primary/Secondary color Gradient: take a random value from the Primary or Secondary color family. Options: check the option(s) you need: ...Random Alpha chanel: checked: each line is drawn with a randow transparency (Alpha chanel). unchecked: Transparency is taken from Primary/Secondary color. ...Clamp lines to the borders: checked: each line is drawn across the image from a size to another size. unchecked: start/end points of the lines could be any pixel of the image. ...Continuous lines: checked: each new line starts where the previous ends. unchecked: each line starts/ends regardless the others. ...Anti-Aliasing: You should check this with Thickness amount of 1... Reseed: press this button to run the effect with another random reference... Some examples: Default values: Clamp:Off Clamp:Off, Continuous:On Random thickness, random colors with alpha -Curves 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barkbark00 3 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Cool plugin! With the line thickness set to "random", can you have the thickness slider set the max? Or...can you have a min/max sliders for the random functionality of the line thickness? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thehamster 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MiguelPereira 2 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 niiiice madjik Good work man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david.atwell 284 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Awesome! No more "draw a bunch of lines" in tuts. :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MiguelPereira 2 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Awesome! No more "draw a bunch of lines" in tuts. :-) nah neewbs will always do that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david.atwell 284 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I can always hope. :-) Anyway, it's still an awesome plugin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrochild 336 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Neat plugin. A couple nitpicky details, though: what is with the "Off:no, On:yes" nonsense on your checkboxes? Off always means no, and vice-versa, no need, really, to add that text there. It just adds clutter and makes things look unprofessional, and occasionally can cause confusion. The "Thickness is: Off:fixed, On:random" checkbox is your worst culprit, and the wording is not at all intuitive. Less intuitive nearly always equates to more (even if only a couple extra seconds) time spent figuring out how to use that particular feature, and again, sometimes, confusion. You don't want to confuse your users, do you? It would be much more better (yes, much more better), with something like "Random Thickness" Please don't confuse these comments with just being a me complaining about stuff because I'm jealous of your mad coding skillz (which I am ), but rather as constructive criticism that will help your plugins reach an even higher standard than the already impressive one that they are at now. Have a drink Anyhoo, it's quite fun to play with, even if I haven't made anything remotely resembling "art" with it yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blooper 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks again! Updating the tutorial to this plugin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Lionhearted 4 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 I echo pyrochild's sentiments. Otherwise, awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vostok7 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Great plugin Madjik! I will never have to waste time drawing random lines ever again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadJik 955 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 @All: thanks... @pyrochild: I appreciate your remarks as my english could show some lake of good sense. I will change the UI labels... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Lionhearted 4 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 @All: thanks...@pyrochild: I appreciate your remarks as my english could show some lake of good sense. I will change the UI labels... MadJik...your English makes me smile. A lot. "lake" of good sense...? Brilliant! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrochild 336 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 @All: thanks...@pyrochild: I appreciate your remarks as my english could show some lake of good sense. I will change the UI labels... MadJik...your English makes me smile. A lot. "lake" of good sense...? Brilliant! I wish more of us could have a lake of good sense Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash 10 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Cool plugin, Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadJik 955 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 You should read "my English may lack common sense."... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash 10 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 You should read "my English may lack common sense."... I did English or not, it's still a cool plugin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadJik 955 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Updated...see the first post. (don't forget to clear your cache eventually to be sure to have the latest zip file) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadJik 955 Report post Posted February 9, 2008 Update: Added curves... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blooper 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2008 Oh, leet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites